That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the above deponents) ;

Matthew Hill and Sampson Green, at|

the City of Belleville, in the County} MATTHEW HILL,

f Hastings, this 16th day of May,| CHIEF SAMPSON GREEN.

A.D. 1885. |

EK. B. FRALECK, y
dr: J.C.
Recorded 12th August, 1886. |
Lib. 106, Fol. 496. \

L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 225.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Chippewas of Saugeen, resident on our reserve, in the Province of On-
tario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our
said band in Council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and
yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all
and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situzée, lying and
being in Griffith’s Island, in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, contain-
ing by admeasurement sixteen acres, be the same more or less, and being composed
of that-certain portion of Griffith’s Island aforesaid described as follows: Com-
mencing at a post driven at the edge of the bank on the shore of the Island at a point
north eleven degrees, west magnetically thirteen chains and seven links from the
eentre of the circular stone lighthouse tower ; thence south eighty degrees, west
magnetically six chains and ninety-one links; thence south ten degrees, east magnet- |
ically, twenty chains; thence north eighty degrees, east magnetically five chains and
eighty links, more or less, to a post at the water’s edge of the Georgian Bay ; thence
following the coast of the Island northward to the place of beginning.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her on 4
and successors forever, in trust to sell. the same to such person or persons, and upon 4
such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive
to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at
interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid
annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, in connection with the
Chippewas of Nawash.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Chippewas of Saugeen do,
on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to
ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully
done, in connection with the sale and disposal of the said portion of Griffith’s Island.

Ty Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
18th day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

“wel «54 iw »

Signed, sealed and delivered) Henry H. Mapwayosu, Chief. [1L.S.]
in the presence of if JoHN Kaprcon, 2nd Chief. [L.S.]
JAMES T, CONAWAY. JOHN GEORGE, [L.8.]
D. Root, a eee |
C. KAHBOGE, [L.8.]
JOHN KAHBOGE, [L.S.]
P. JOHN. [L.8.]
JoHN G. MASON, . [L.S.]
J. C. JAMES, [L.S.]
J. CAMERON, [L.8.]
R. Dion. [L.S.] :
DoMINION OF CANADA, |
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, \

CouNTY OF BRUCE.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me, Henry Madwayosh, of the Saugeen Indian Re-
serve, and James Telfer Conaway of the same place, Indian Agent, and the said Mad-
wayosh being Chief of the said Band of Indians, called Chippewas.

And the said Conaway for himself saith :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Nawash, of the full age of

twenty-one years, then present.
That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoued

for that purpose, and according to their rules.
That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.
That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superin-

tendent-General of Indian Affairs. .
That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a

member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or sur-

render.

And the said Madwayosh says :
That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of

the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years,

then present.
That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians

summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the

said Madwayosh, on the 23rd day of July, 1886.
‘That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an

habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land

mentioned in the said release or surrender.
That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.
Sworn before me by the deponents }

Henry Madwayosh and James Telfer | HENRY H. MADWAYOSH,
Conaway, at the Village of Saugeen,>

in the Co. of Bruce, this 28th day of | JAMES T. CONAWAY.
July, A.D. 1886. | )

Wm. BARRETT, |
Wier udge C.-C. Co. Bruee.
Recorded 6th October, 1886.
Lib. 106, Folio 522.
L. A. CaTELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 226.

Know ALL Mrn By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Chippewas of Nawash, resident on our reserve, in the Province of On-
tario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our
said band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit elaim and
yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all
and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being
in Griffith’s Island, in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, containing by
odmeasurement sixteen acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that
‘certain portion of Griffith’s Tsland aforesaid described as follows : Commencing at a
post driven at the edge of the bank on the shore of the island at a point north s gs
west magnetically 13 chains, 7 7 links from the centre of the circular stone lighthouse